MeaningOriginDescriptionIronLatinStrong as iron with bronze scalesEtymologyCoined name; Latin ferrum ("iron") with a decorative -ox ending.Say itFAIR-oksA darkened-scale name; the oldest bronzes lose the copper sheen under a grey-green patina that reads as iron from a boat.A dragon would sayTengliterally metalmetallic dialectBlue Chromatic Dragon
Name: Fulgurix
MeaningOriginDescriptionLightning StrikeLatinReferences the dragon's lightning breath weaponA dragon would sayTsakatrekhliterally lightning · strikechromatic dialectRed Chromatic Dragon
Name: Flamifer
MeaningOriginDescriptionFlame-BearerLatinWielder of eternal fireA dragon would sayKherdorv-orliterally fire · carry · -erchromatic dialectWhite Chromatic Dragon
Name: Firn
MeaningOriginDescriptionCrystalline SnowGermanType of partially compacted snowA dragon would sayGlishfoshliterally crystal · snowchromatic dialectWhite Chromatic Dragon
Name: Frost
MeaningOriginDescriptionWinter HeraldEnglishSeason harbingerA dragon would sayThasthrelvrash-orliterally ice · season · roar · -erchromatic dialectIce Dragon
Name: Frostweave
MeaningOriginDescriptionFrost WeaverEnglishArtistic dragon creating ice sculpturesEtymologyEnglish compound of frost (Old English forst) + weave (Old English wefan).Say itFROST-weevThe courtship ice sculptures of the description are built breath by breath over several nights; the Svalbard teams have photographed lattices four metres high that stood until spring.A dragon would sayThaswelk-orliterally ice · weave · -ercore DraconicWhite Chromatic Dragon
Name: Frostrime
MeaningOriginDescriptionDouble FrostEnglishIntensified coldA dragon would sayShakthasliterally two · icechromatic dialectWhite Chromatic Dragon
MeaningOriginDescriptionFrost ToothEnglishDragon with deadly ice fangsEtymologyEnglish compound of frost (Old English forst) + fang (Old English fang, "a seizing", later "tooth").Say itFROST-fangThe deadly fangs of the description are not the weapon; the IDRI necropsy notes describe teeth built for holding seals and reindeer while the breath does the work.A dragon would sayThastreshliterally ice · toothcore DraconicWhite Chromatic Dragon
MeaningOriginDescriptionWisePersianWise and learned, a scholar's nameEtymologyPersian farzāna (فرزانه, "wise, learned"), from farzān ("wisdom"); a feminine given name.Say itfar-ZAH-nahThe Persian survey's name for the senior female of a territory, the one whose stories the others repeat.A dragon would saySkekhliterally eldermetallic dialectBrass Metallic Dragon
Name: Fabula
MeaningOriginDescriptionStoryLatinStory, tale, the thing spokenEtymologyLatin fābula ("story, tale, fable, talk"), from fārī ("to speak").Say itFAB-oo-lahThe Latin word for a story is built on the verb for speaking, and the archive's Roman-era accounts of talking desert serpents are catalogued under it.A dragon would sayShenkliterally loremetallic dialectBrass Metallic Dragon
Name: Fehu
MeaningOriginDescriptionWealthOld NorseWealth, the first rune's nameEtymologyProto-Germanic *fehu ("cattle, movable wealth"), the name of the first rune; Old Norse fé, English fee.Say itFEH-hooWealth that moves, which is what a brass hoard is; the survey has never found one in the same lair twice.A dragon would sayDroshliterally hoardmetallic dialectMiddle Eastern Dragon
Name: Fafnir
MeaningOriginDescriptionTreasure WardArabianDragon that guards ancient wealthA dragon would sayDroshthelvliterally hoard · wardcore DraconicBronze Metallic Dragon
Name: Fortis
MeaningOriginDescriptionBraveLatinPowerful defenderEtymologyLatin fortis ("strong, brave, steadfast"); Old Latin forctis.Say itFOR-tisGiven to animals observed putting themselves between a fleet and a raider; the lore's guardian role is the type's whole reputation.A dragon would sayNokhgekhliterally not · fearmetallic dialectBronze Metallic Dragon
Name: Ferreus
MeaningOriginDescriptionOf IronLatinStrong as metalEtymologyLatin ferreus ("of iron, iron-hard"), from ferrum ("iron").Say itFAIR-ee-usA hardness name; the lore's water-resistant scale takes a spear point without marking.A dragon would sayTengliterally metalmetallic dialectBronze Metallic Dragon
Name: Follis
MeaningOriginDescriptionBronze CoinLatinLate Roman bronze coinEtymologyLatin follis ("leather bag, purse"), later the bronze coin of the late Empire that came sealed in such bags.Say itFOL-lisThe coin of the late Roman wrecks; Mediterranean lairs are dated by which follis lies deepest.A dragon would sayStortengdroshliterally earth · metal · hoardmetallic dialectCopper Metallic Dragon
Name: Faber
MeaningOriginDescriptionCraftsmanLatinRelates to metalworking skillsEtymologyLatin faber ("craftsman, smith", a worker in metal, stone or wood), whence fabricate and forge.Say itFAH-berLatin for the worker in hard materials; the reshaped ore veins inside surveyed lairs are worked with a precision no field team has explained.A dragon would sayKrev-orliterally make · -ermetallic dialectCopper Metallic Dragon
Name: Ferros
MeaningOriginDescriptionIron BrotherLatin-inspiredConnection to metalsEtymologyCoined name; Latin ferrum ("iron") with a Greek -os ending; the brother of the gloss is not in the parts.Say itFEH-rosA generic iron name; the station uses it for the ferrous streaks in a copper's scale, visible where the patina has been scraped by climbing.A dragon would sayTengthaskliterally metal · clanmetallic dialectCopper Metallic Dragon
Name: Flux
MeaningOriginDescriptionFlowLatinReferences adaptabilityEtymologyLatin fluxus ("a flowing"), from fluere ("to flow"); in metalwork, the substance added to make ore melt clean.Say itFLUKSThe smelter's word for what makes ore run clean; the enzymes the lore describes do the same work, and the tailings at a lair mouth are clean slag.A dragon would sayShemliterally rivermetallic dialectCopper Metallic Dragon
Name: Fornax
MeaningOriginDescriptionFurnaceLatinFurnace, kiln; the oven goddessEtymologyLatin fornāx ("furnace, oven, kiln"), related to formus ("warm"); personified as the goddess of the Fornacalia, the grain-parching festival.Say itFOR-naksThe Latin furnace, and the minor goddess named for it; the heat inside a copper's inner chamber, measured at the mouth of a tunnel by the Atlas station, is the heat of a working kiln.A dragon would sayKherthernliterally fire · lairmetallic dialectGold Metallic Dragon
Name: Florin
MeaningOriginDescriptionLittle FlowerItalianGold coin of FlorenceEtymologyItalian fiorino, a diminutive of fiore ("flower", Latin flōs), the gold coin Florence struck from 1252 with a lily on one face.Say itFLOR-inThe Florentine coin turns up in gold lairs across the Alps; the archive's reading is that the type took its hoards in coin once coin was worth taking.A dragon would sayChekmelshliterally small · flowermetallic dialectSilver Metallic Dragon
Name: Forseti
MeaningOriginDescriptionJudgeOld NorseNorse god who settles every disputeEtymologyOld Norse Forseti ("presiding one", literally "fore-sitter"), the god of justice who settles all disputes; modern Icelandic forseti means president.Say itFOR-set-eeMountain villages this type protects bring disputes to the lair boundary, and the surveys have recorded the animal sitting in its alternate form to hear them.A dragon would sayJeth-orliterally command · -ermetallic dialectFaerie Dragon
Name: Flutter
MeaningOriginDescriptionWing BeatEnglishA dragon with butterfly-like flightEtymologyEnglish flutter, from Old English floterian ("to float, flutter"), a frequentative of flotian ("to float").Say itFLUT-erThe wingbeat is a butterfly's, not a bird's, and the flight studies count it at eleven beats a second in a hover.A dragon would sayFlaɾerby soundcore DraconicFaerie Dragon
Name: Flash
MeaningOriginDescriptionFlashEnglishA dragon with bright burstsEtymologyEnglish flash, from Middle English flaschen ("to splash, dash"), the light sense from the sixteenth century, probably imitative.Say itFLASHThe startle display: a burst of full-spectrum light from both wings that leaves an observer blinking long enough for the animal to be gone.A dragon would sayTsakliterally lightningcore DraconicFaerie Dragon
Name: Flare
MeaningOriginDescriptionFlareEnglishA dragon with sudden brightnessEtymologyEnglish flare (1540s, "spread out"), the light sense from the seventeenth century; the origin is uncertain.Say itFLAIRThe brief brightening of a threatened adult before the startle flash, the one warning sign an observer gets.A dragon would sayThaarliterally lightcore DraconicFire Dragon
Name: Fuego
MeaningOriginDescriptionHearth FireSpanishPassionate dragon with emotional flamesEtymologySpanish fuego ("fire"), from Latin focus ("hearth, fireplace"), the word for the fireplace becoming the word for the fire.Say itFWAY-gohTierra del Fuego was named for the fires Magellan's crews saw from the strait; the survey lists the Fuegian lairs as the southernmost of the species.A dragon would sayKherthernkherliterally fire · lair · firecore DraconicFire Dragon
Name: Firenze
MeaningOriginDescriptionFlourishingItalianArtistic dragon with colorful fireEtymologyItalian Firenze, the city of Florence, from Latin Florentia ("flourishing"); the fire link is only the sound of the first syllable.Say itfee-REN-tsehKept for the sound; the Tuscan hills have a survey but no confirmed lair, and the archive lists the name as a convention rather than a record.A dragon would sayTherkliterally livecore DraconicFire Dragon
Name: Furnace
MeaningOriginDescriptionKilnEnglishIndustrial dragon with metallic flamesEtymologyEnglish furnace, from Old French fornais, from Latin fornāx ("oven, kiln").Say itFUR-nisThe flame sacs run at kiln temperature; the lore file's 3000°F is what a smelting furnace reaches, and the survey has found ore fused into old lair floors.A dragon would sayKherthernliterally fire · laircore DraconicEarth Dragon
Name: Flint
MeaningOriginDescriptionHard StoneEnglishSharp-scaled defenderEtymologyFrom Old English flint, a Germanic word (compare Old High German flins) for the hard stone struck to make fire.Say itFLINTObservers have watched claws strike sparks off tunnel walls during excavation, and the name records that sound as much as the stone.A dragon would sayThrekstorliterally strong · earthcore DraconicAir Dragon
Name: Fujin
MeaningOriginDescriptionWind GodJapaneseStorm-bringing dragon with wind bag powersEtymologyJapanese fū (風, "wind") + jin (神, "god"): the wind kami carried with a bag of wind across his shoulders.Say itFOO-jinThe wind-bag is the same image the Odyssey uses, from a tradition with no contact; the archive reads two independent records of the local windstorm the species can raise at will.A dragon would sayKheshthakhliterally air · godcore DraconicLightning/Storm Dragon
Name: Fulgora
MeaningOriginDescriptionLightning FlashLatinSwift dragon leaving trails of electricity in flightEtymologyLatin fulgur ("lightning") with a feminine ending; Fulgora is the minor Roman goddess of lightning named by Seneca and Augustine.Say itFUL-gor-ahRoman farmers left offerings to Fulgora where a bolt had struck; the Apennine survey found fulgurite tubes under two of the old shrine sites and a lair above the third.A dragon would sayTsakliterally lightningcore DraconicLightning/Storm Dragon
Name: Fulmen
MeaningOriginDescriptionLightning BoltLatinQuick-striking dragon of white lightningEtymologyLatin fulmen ("lightning bolt, thunderbolt"), from fulgeō ("to flash").Say itFUL-menThe plain Latin word for the bolt as it lands, which is what the Apennine observers see: a white discharge from the horns to the ground, no cloud needed.A dragon would sayTsakliterally lightningcore DraconicLightning/Storm Dragon
Name: Fulminat
MeaningOriginDescriptionStruck by LightningRomanianSwift dragon of precise strikesEtymologyRomanian fulminat, past participle of a fulmina ("to fulminate, to strike with lightning"), from Latin fulmināre.Say itful-mee-NAHTThe Carpathian survey counts strike-scarred pines to map a territory; the tree line below a lair is struck a hundred times a season.A dragon would sayTrekhtsakliterally strike · lightningcore DraconicLightning/Storm Dragon
Name: Fulgurite
MeaningOriginDescriptionLightning GlassLatinDragon with crystalline lightning scalesEtymologyFrom Latin fulgur ("lightning") + the mineral suffix -ite: the glass tube fused when a bolt strikes sand.Say itFUL-gyur-ytFulgurite is how a strike site is dated; the tubes under the Altai foothills run deeper than any natural lightning makes them.A dragon would sayTsakaglishliterally lightning · crystalcore DraconicLightning/Storm Dragon
Name: Fulminous
MeaningOriginDescriptionLightning-LikeLatinDragon resembling lightning itselfEtymologyEnglish fulminous ("of or like lightning; thundering"), a rare adjective from Latin fulmen ("lightning bolt").Say itFUL-mih-nusThe species is, in the survey's phrase, lightning-shaped: a 70-foot body seen edge-on inside a cell is not distinguishable from the bolt beside it.A dragon would sayTsakliterally lightningcore DraconicLightning/Storm Dragon
Name: Fulgurous
MeaningOriginDescriptionFull of LightningLatinDragon crackling with constant lightningEtymologyEnglish fulgurous ("flashing like lightning"), from Latin fulgur ("lightning").Say itFUL-gyur-usFull of lightning is a physical claim, and a true one: the magnetite in the scales holds charge for hours after the storm has passed.A dragon would sayTsakatorsliterally lightning · manycore DraconicLightning/Storm Dragon
Name: Fulguris
MeaningOriginDescriptionOf the LightningLatinGraceful lightning dragonEtymologyLatin fulguris, the genitive ("of lightning") of fulgur ("lightning"); used as a name it reads as "lightning's own".Say itFUL-gur-isThe grace in the old description is observed: an adult in a cell flies with the discharge, not against it, and the survey's flight tracks look like the bolt's own path.A dragon would sayTsakliterally lightningcore DraconicIce Dragon
Name: Frostvein
MeaningOriginDescriptionFrozen BloodEnglishDragon with ice flowing through its veinsEtymologyEnglish compound of frost (Old English forst) + vein (Latin vena).Say itFROST-vaynThe blood does not freeze; the enhanced circulation of the description keeps the core warm while the surface scales hold well below zero, a gradient the IDRI thermal cameras record across a single flank.A dragon would sayThasdrakhliterally ice · bloodcore DraconicIce Dragon
Name: Frostbite
MeaningOriginDescriptionFrost WoundEnglishDragon whose touch freezes instantlyEtymologyEnglish frostbite, from frost (Old English forst) + bite (Old English bītan), the injury of frozen tissue.Say itFROST-byteThe instant freeze of the description is the reason the 500 m protocol was extended to a full kilometre downwind for this type after the 1979 Svalbard case.A dragon would sayThaskrethliterally ice · woundcore DraconicIce Dragon
Name: Frostwind
MeaningOriginDescriptionFrozen WindEnglishDragon commanding cold galesEtymologyEnglish compound of frost (Old English forst) + wind (Old English wind).Say itFROST-windThe cold gales of the description are katabatic: the air over a lair glacier cools, falls, and runs downslope, and the survey huts are built with that in mind.A dragon would sayThaskheshliterally ice · aircore DraconicIce Dragon
Name: Frostmark
MeaningOriginDescriptionFrost SignEnglishDragon leaving frozen trailsEtymologyEnglish compound of frost (Old English forst) + mark (Old English mearc, "boundary, sign").Say itFROST-markThe frozen trails of the description are how the survey tracks an animal: the boundary posts of a territory are marked with breath, and they read as white scars on bare rock.A dragon would sayThasskerkliterally ice · territory · markcore DraconicIce Dragon
Name: Frostlord
MeaningOriginDescriptionFrost MasterEnglishCommanding ice dragon leaderEtymologyEnglish compound of frost (Old English forst) + lord (Old English hlāford, "loaf-keeper").Say itFROST-lordA lord in the loaf-keeper sense: the adult that holds the glacier holds the seal colonies beneath it, and the description's methodical hunting is the management of that larder.A dragon would sayThastorkliterally ice · lordcore DraconicIce Dragon
Name: Frostshield
MeaningOriginDescriptionFrost ProtectionEnglishDefensive ice dragonEtymologyEnglish compound of frost (Old English forst) + shield (Old English scild).Say itFROST-sheeldThe defensive posture of the description is a wall of breath: an adult under approach freezes the air between itself and the intruder and waits.A dragon would sayThassherthliterally ice · defendcore DraconicIce Dragon
Name: Fubuki
MeaningOriginDescriptionSnowstormJapaneseBlizzard that whites out HokkaidoEtymologyJapanese fubuki (吹雪, "blizzard, snowstorm"), from fuku ("to blow") + yuki ("snow").Say itfoo-BOO-keeThe word Hokkaido gives to a blizzard that stops the trains; the survey there logs one every winter that no weather front explains, always at the Daisetsuzan lair.A dragon would sayFoshtharshliterally snow · stormcore DraconicIce Dragon
Name: Frostterror
MeaningOriginDescriptionFrost FearEnglishFrightening ice dragonEtymologyEnglish compound of frost (Old English forst) + terror (Latin terror, "great fear").Say itFROST-tair-orThe fear the description records is the survey teams' own: an animal that cannot be seen against snow and cannot be heard until the breath.A dragon would sayThasgekhliterally ice · fearcore DraconicIce Dragon
Name: Frostbloom
MeaningOriginDescriptionFrost FlowerEnglishBeautiful ice dragonEtymologyEnglish compound of frost (Old English forst) + bloom (Old Norse blóm, "flower").Say itFROST-bloomFrost flowers are a real thing on new sea ice, and the Greenland teams have learned that a field of them at dawn marks the lead an adult froze over during the night.A dragon would sayThasmelshliterally ice · flowercore DraconicCrystal Dragon
Name: Fluorite
MeaningOriginDescriptionFlow StoneLatinA dragon with color-zoned crystalsEtymologyLatin fluere ("to flow") + the mineral suffix -ite; Agricola named it for its use as a flux that makes ore flow in the furnace.Say itFLOOR-yteThe colour-zoned crystals of the description fluoresce under ultraviolet, and fluorite-bearing adults are the reason the night surveys carry a UV lamp.A dragon would sayShémstorliterally river · earthgem dialectCrystal Dragon
Name: Forsterite
MeaningOriginDescriptionForster's OlivineGermanAn olive-green dragon with perfect formEtymologyNamed in 1824 for Adolarius Jacob Forster, the English mineral dealer, + the mineral suffix -ite; the magnesium end of the olivine series.Say itFOR-ster-yteThe flawless olive-green crystal habit of the description is the mineral adults of this type lay down when the diet is the peridotite of a high-altitude lava field.A dragon would sayHyoorstéraitby soundgem dialectCrystal Dragon
Name: Fergusonite
MeaningOriginDescriptionFerguson's OreGeographicA brown dragon with tetragonal formEtymologyNamed in 1826 for Robert Ferguson of Raith, the Scottish mineral collector, + the mineral suffix -ite; a rare-earth niobate.Say itFUR-gus-un-yteThe brown tetragonal adults are the Greenland rare-earth population, whose scales register on a Geiger counter at the 500 m line.A dragon would sayHyérgyuusaanaitby soundgem dialectAmethyst Dragon
Name: Fjóla
MeaningOriginDescriptionVioletOld NorseViolet flower, an Icelandic nameEtymologyOld Norse fjóla ("violet", the flower), from Latin viola; a feminine given name in Iceland.Say itFYOH-lahThe Icelandic survey has no amethyst record; the word was borrowed for the palest females of the Altai range, whose hue the Latin adjective overstates.A dragon would sayPólhvliterally purplegem dialectChinese Dragon
Name: Feilong
MeaningOriginDescriptionFlying DragonChinese MythologyAgile dragon specializing in aerial acrobaticsA dragon would sayVerkhathliterally fly · dragoncore DraconicTopaz Dragon
Name: Fajr
MeaningOriginDescriptionDawnArabicDaybreak, the hour of first prayerEtymologyArabic fajr (فجر, "dawn, daybreak"), the name of the dawn prayer; used as a given name, mostly for girls.Say itFAJ-rDawn is when this type leaves the lair and when its colour is nearest the gem; the Arabic reports time every sighting from fajr.A dragon would sayKélhshliterally dawngem dialectRuby Dragon
Name: Flann
MeaningOriginDescriptionBlood-RedIrishOld Irish for crimsonEtymologyOld Irish flann ("blood-red, crimson"); a masculine given name borne by kings and poets, among them Flann Sinna.Say itFLANThe Old Irish colour word; the annals' red portents over the Wicklow hills are read in the archive as the earliest Irish sightings, and the survey has found no lair there since.A dragon would sayDrákhbrakhliterally blood · redgem dialectDiamond Dragon
Name: Facette
MeaningOriginDescriptionFacetFrenchDragon with diamond-faceted scalesEtymologyFrench facette ("small face, facet"), diminutive of face, from Latin faciēs ("form, face").Say itfah-SETEach scale carries the flat planes of a cut stone; the refraction the lore describes is the reason a diamond photographed from the air reads as a field of small mirrors.A dragon would sayGlíshliterally crystalgem dialectDiamond Dragon
Name: Forough
MeaningOriginDescriptionRadiancePersianBrightness, radiance; a girl's nameEtymologyPersian forūgh (فروغ, "brightness, radiance, splendour"), from Middle Persian; a feminine given name.Say itfoh-ROOGHThe Persian word for a light that is also a splendour; the Alborz crews use it for the glow on Damavand's summit ice on the nights a diamond is in residence.A dragon would sayTháarliterally lightgem dialectOpal Dragon
Name: Fable
MeaningOriginDescriptionStoryEnglishReferences legendary statusEtymologyLatin fabula ("story, narrative"), from fari ("to speak").Say itFAY-bulThe archive's opal entries are stories in the literal sense: the animal tells them, and the transcribers write them down.A dragon would sayShénkliterally loregem dialectOpal Dragon
Name: Fae
MeaningOriginDescriptionFairyCelticReferences magical natureEtymologyMiddle English faie, from Old French fae ("fairy"), from Latin fata ("the Fates"); the folk sense in the Celtic countries is later.Say itFAYThe illusion-casting spirits of the folk record; the archive reads every glamour tale from opal country as a sighting.A dragon would sayChéknevliterally small · spiritgem dialectMoonstone Dragon
Name: Freya
MeaningOriginDescriptionLadyNorseNoble dragon with distinguished bearingEtymologyOld Norse Freyja ("lady, mistress"), from a Germanic root meaning "lord, lady"; the Norse goddess of love and seiðr.Say itFRAY-ahThe Norse Lady, whose falcon cloak and cat-drawn chariot the archive treats as a garbled sighting; applied in the Norwegian logs to the senior female of a lair.A dragon would sayTórkliterally lordgem dialectMoonstone Dragon
Name: Fionn
MeaningOriginDescriptionWhiteIrishWhite, fair, brightEtymologyIrish fionn (Old Irish finn, "white, fair, bright"), the name of the hero Fionn mac Cumhaill.Say itFYUNThe white hero of the Fianna, whose name is the colour of the type sheet; the Irish logs use it for the male at the Glyderau lair's Irish counterpart on the Reeks.A dragon would sayFéskliterally whitegem dialectMoonstone Dragon
Name: Faye
MeaningOriginDescriptionFairyEnglishMagical dragon with ethereal presenceEtymologyEnglish Faye, from Middle English faie ("fairy"), from Old French fae, from Latin fāta ("the Fates").Say itFAYThe fairy lights of the older English reports, which the archive reads as the eye glow of this type seen from the valley at night.A dragon would sayChéknevliterally small · spiritgem dialectSolar Dragon
Name: Freyr
MeaningOriginDescriptionLord of LightNorseNoble dragon commanding solar energyA dragon would sayThaartorkliterally light · lordcore DraconicEuropean Dragon
Name: Ferenc
MeaningOriginDescriptionBold VoyagerHungarianAn adventurous dragon exploring new territoriesA dragon would sayNokhgekhshorkmer-orliterally not · fear · sea · go · -ercore DraconicEuropean Dragon
